United States Sixth Circuit

A jury verdict against defendant, for violating the False Claims Act by including fraudulent pension expenses on Medicare cost reporting forms, is affirmed, and the district court did not err in remitting the award of damages to reflect the actual damages incurred by the government.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/10/2005
• Published 03/10/2005

Judges

• Before:  KEITH and CLAY, Circuit Judges;  O'MEARA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  M. Dianne Smothers, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, Robert C. Brooks, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellants.  James W. Powell, Assistant United States Attorney, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee.